#DCD661#DCD661

#DCD661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.139 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD661
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.06, -12.81, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.06, 58.81, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0389 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.139 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.7211, 64.1736, 20.7585)
Luminance	0.6417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD661 #6167DC

analogous

#DC9861 #DCD661 #A5DC61

triadic

#DCD661 #61DCD6 #D661DC

tetradic

#DCD661 #61DC98 #6167DC #DC61A5

square

#DCD661 #61DC98 #6167DC #DC61A5

split-complementary

#DCD661 #61A5DC #9861DC

monochromatic

#9F9923 #D1C92F #DCD661 #E7E393 #F2F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#DCD661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD661

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD661	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.139 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e292',
    500: '#dcd661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd661;
$custom-light: #e9e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85812,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD661

secondary

#3E43A3

accent

#23CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD661

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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